urban areas is having a significant impact on the quantity and quality of water available as inputs into the production and … consumption process, as well as the ability of the water system to absorb and neutralize the waste byproducts deposited into it …. Water shortages are most severe in the north of the country, where surface water diversion is excessive and groundwater is …

irrigation. Irrigated agriculture consumes about 75 percent of total water used, which is about 30 percent of renewable water …Agricultural production is heavily dependent on water availability in Turkey, where half the crop production relies on … availability. This study analyzes the likely effects of increased competition for water resources and changes in the Turkish …

that are relevant to irrigation water management issues. The most widely discussed issues in these models are water markets … water policy make it difficult to provide a comprehensive policy analysis. General equilibrium models of irrigation water …Water policy is an important topic on the agenda of the international community, and efficiency and equity in the …

. They find that it is important to include the amount of irrigation water available to each farm in order to measure the … response of farms to climate. With irrigation water omitted, the model predicts that climate change is strictly beneficial. But … with water included, the model predicts that only modest climate changes are beneficial, while drastic climate change in …

This paper estimates a model of a farm that treats the choice of crops, livestock, and irrigation as endogenous. The … model is composed of a multinomial choice of farm type, a binomial choice of irrigation, and a set of conditional land value … adapt their choice of farm type and irrigation to their local climate. The results should help governments develop effective …

Previous Ricardian analyses of agriculture have either omitted irrigation or treated irrigation as though it is … exogenous. In practice, it is a choice by farmers that is sensitive to climate. This paper develops a choice model of irrigation … in the context of a Ricardian model of cropland. The authors examine how climate affects the decision to use irrigation …

water and irrigation infrastructure. This study seeks to understand whether irrigation management transfer is meeting the … activities undertaken by irrigation associations. Second, by increasing local control over water delivery, the presence of …Irrigation management transfer is an important strategy among donors and governments to strengthen farmer control over …

irrigation water. Households with poor health are less likely to adopt productivity-enhancing as well as resource …The author looks at the feasibility and potential of instituting small-scale irrigation dams to reduce Ethiopia s … implications of irrigation development programs and provides empirical evidence from microdam construction and reforestation …

The authors focus on policy interventions for improving irrigation water allocation decisions by including both macro … that affect the water sector. Both direct and indirect effects of these interventions are identified. The top-down (macro …-to-micro) links are of a trade reform type. The bottom-up (micro-to-macro) links pertain to changes in farm water assignments and the …